Comments on: Escriba – The Best Cup of Hot Chocolate I Have Ever Tasted!

By: sofika7

sofika7 — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:39:53 +0000

Does anyone know if Escriba export their chocolates to Australia??

By: Jade186

Jade186 — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:13:28 +0000

I tried this hot chocolate just about a week ago in Barcelona! It was definitely good; however, I seem to prefer Demels of Vienna. Even the pastries did not really entice me. I had the same strawberry tart, nothing really special about it, and is rather common in any konditorei in Austria, except that the taste is better.

By: chrissy

chrissy — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:38:27 +0000

Cafe Xocolat’s Taza de Xocolat is sinfully gooood! Although their churros is way too oily (Dulcinea’s is still better).
Thanks for the tip MM, more reason to invite friends to Galileo Enoteca.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 03:46:55 +0000

STOP EVERYTHING! The Kid had a hot chocolate at Galileo Enoteca the other day and it was pretty thick and pretty GOOD! So those who have a hankering…you now know where to go in addition to Xocolat and other places mentioned above!

By: Mila

Mila — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 03:12:17 +0000

La Cibeles was a Manila secret, their lengua de gato truly melted in your mouth, with the perfect thinness and butteriness. Pity the family is no longer in Manila.
Xocolat’s hot chocolate is pretty thick (I like their chocolate-peanut butter shake). Sometimes the churros con chocolate at Dulcinea can be a hit or miss proposition. But it’s cheap and satisfying.

By: gonzo

gonzo — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:13:21 +0000

wasn’t it called La Cibeles with an ‘s’? That was a great little place. shame it’s gone now.

been reading all your Barcelona posts, MM, and i’m starting to really get itchy feet. will make a trip in Sept, can’t wait.

By: sister

sister — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:41:31 +0000

Hi, La Cibele was where Mom took me went to have hot chocolate and churros when I was a child. It was a secret trip, just like our trips to have halo-halo beneath the tulay in Quiapo. Thanks, Apicio, for mentioning the name, I’ve been trying to remember for years, I just knew it was del Pilar in Ermita.

By: Katrina

Katrina — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:52:41 +0000

Xocolat has a hot choco with chili, and so does Max Brenner (I prefer the former). Bizu used to have a macaron named Fire which was a choco-chili flavor (there was also Earth — rosemary, and Wind — choco-mint). It was wonderful! First you encounter the crispness and sweetness of the merengue, then the creamy chocolate filling, then ZING! you feel the chili go down your throat.

By: MGR

MGR — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:15:41 +0000

For hot cocoa with chili. Just add some cayenne pepper powder to the melted chocolate/milk base and enjoy. Jacques Torres sells this “spicy” hot chocolate in his shop in NY called ‘wicked”. Check out: https://www.mrchocolate.com.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:53:17 +0000

lee, I will try the recipe of Chris and will let you know…renee I think Lori over at https://dessertcomesfirst.blogspot.com/2005/08/caf-xocolat.html has written up xocolat with a glowing review…and yes, I can see chocolate with chilli being good…